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Boston hardcore music history

The colleges and universities of Greater Boston offered a favorable venue for non-commercial music to be played. Several schools have their own radio stations, such as WBRS, WMFO, WERS, WMLN, WUMB, WAVM, WMBR, WUML, WERS, WZBC, and WTBU. The colleges also supplied young patrons for the local nightclubs and bars where local hardcore bands had gigs.

First-generation Boston hardcore bands as documented in American Hardcore included SS Decontrol, Negative FX, Gang Green, Jerry's Kids, The F.U.'s, and D.Y.S..[1]
Hardcore quickly usurped the existing "alternative" punk scene, which included bands such as Mission of Burma. This created a generation gap-type conflict that could be seen at such events as Mission of Burma's "final show," where members of many leading hardcore bands created a near-riot when, due to the slam dancing supposedly ruining Burma's swan song, Negative FX's sound was shut down.[2] This militant straight edge group, consisting of many members from such bands as Dave Smalley of D.Y.S., Jack 'Choke' Kelly of Negative FX, Al Barile of SS Decontrol and more of the like, were known as the "Boston Crew". Their hard-line, no tolerance attitudes became a defining characteristic for later bands such as Slapshot, Eye for an Eye, Ten Yard Fight, Intent to Injure, Suckerpunch,Blood for Blood, and Crossface.

Record labels and famous records

Independent record labels like Taang!, X-Claim Records, Modern Method, Bridge 9, 5 Star Entertainment, Franchise Records, Rodent Popsicle, Welfare, Hydra Head, Big Wheel, Rock Vegas, Lockin Out ,Iodine Recordings, and Deathwish Inc. help to fuel the punk culture in Boston. A highlight of the early New England hardcore era was the This Is Boston, Not L.A. LP, which was a compilation of local artists. It includes the song of the same name performed by The Freeze, who advised: "if you look the same and you act the same, there's nothing new and you're to blame".
Boston hardcore was based more on Washington D.C. hardcore (Bad Brains, Minor Threat, Teen Idles, Government Issue) than it was on Los Angeles hardcore, (i.e. such bands as Black Flag, Bad Religion, the Circle Jerks, and The Germs).
This may be the reason why few L.A. bands played Boston in the early 80s, with the exception of a Black Flag show at The Paradise on Halloween 1981, which was attended by 12 people, including John Belushi, who had driven up from Martha's Vineyard just to attend.
Taang! Records released and LP called Boston Hardcore 1989-1991 - which featured Wrecking Crew, Eye for an Eye, Maelstrom, Crossface, Intent to Injure, Suckerpunch, Sam Black Church, S.T.P. and more.
Moo Cow records released a compilation 7" called "Boston Hardcore...In Memory Of" that featured Dive, Chilmark, and Intent To Injure.

Scenes

Kenmore Square

As a result of Kenmore Square's now-defunct club The Rathskeller, Captain Nemo's pizza parlor (as well as the Pizza Pad), and its few used record stores, Kenmore became a hangout for skate punks and members of the hardcore scene.
After Boston Red Sox games it was common to see fights break out amongst the punks and the more conservative suburban Red Sox fans, known as "batheads". It is likely that it was at least partially due to this common occurrence that a decision was made by the MBTA to add short spiked fences to the relatively low roofs of the Kenmore T stations, considering how many hardcore kids were apt to spend time sitting atop them and that most Red Sox fans taking public transportation were obliged to appear from below.[citation needed] Mr. Butch was a fixture in this scene, and could often be seen playing air guitar with his dreadlocks swinging. He was a legendary character in Boston hardcore culture.
This neighborhood has changed quite a bit, and the building that held the Rathskeller, Planet Records, and Captain Nemo's along with several other businesses was demolished to make room for the Commonwealth Hotel. Located in the space that once was "The Rat" is now The Foundation Lounge, one of Boston's more upscale and trendy ultra-lounges. With the Rathskeller gone, the scene moved closer to Lansdowne Street, which is a street of clubs and bars on one side, and Fenway Park on the other. The scene made specific moves to Axis and Bill's Bar, two Lansdowne locations that were deemed as "hardcore friendly" by some of the culture. There is controversy over this, as many thought Lansdowne street to be too strict.
Likewise, Avalon and Axis were demolished in the fall of 2007 to make room for a larger venue that would be aimed towards more mainstream national acts. Since then several bands who are larger in the scene have been playing The Roxy on Tremont Street in the Theater District, forcing hardcore acts to find better DIY venues to play.

Other scenes

SUBURBAN MASS.: during the early 90's a movement was growing in the suburban towns of Massachusetts including, but not limited to Brockton, Franklin, Holliston, Hopedale, Hopkinton, and Milford led by such noteworthy bands as Overcast, Kingpin, Corrin, Fall From Grace, Punch the Klown, Over and Out and the almighty Arise. These bands were following in the footsteps of predecessors Eye for an Eye, Wrecking Crew S.T.P. and Said and Done. but it was a new sound combining elements of New York hardcore (gorilla biscuits,youth of today) and metal (slayer,deicide,accused.) and putting a new spin on the scene which was branching out into western Ma. and eventually growing into Connecticut and the surrounding states.members of these bands have gone on to other endeavors including :shadows fall, killswitch engage, headrush, Diecast, medium, world war and missile thrush.
  • Harvard Square: The Pit at the Harvard Square subway stop is a longtime Punk hangout that was at its prime during the boom of the 90s Street Punk scene.
  • Allston: The large college population living in Allston continues to fuel the music scene in the area.
  • North Shore: Small art centers and bookstores feed this growing scene.
  • Western Mass.: In 1982, Western Mass. saw several hardcore bands form, including Deep Wound, The Outpatients, and All White Jury. Most of the early Boston bands played in Western Mass. between 1982–1984, including SSD, The F. U.'s, DYS, Impact Unit, and most recently the supergroup SQRM.

Boston hardcore bands

Venues

The following Boston venues have hosted hardcore concerts:
  • 1st and 2nd Church - Marlboro Street
  • The (Fishtown) Are - [closed]
  • Avalon - [closed] Located on Lansdowne Street next to Axis, and is prime location for many bands. It generally serves as a night club on weeknights, but on weekends hosts more rock-oriented artists.
  • Anchors Up! - A staple of the newly growing Merrimack Valley Hardcore scene.
  • Axis - [closed] A night club that would host the occasional hardcore band.
  • Baby Safe Haven - Current basement space in Somerville. Two Blocks away from Bloodstains.
  • Bill's Bar - A bar on Lansdowne Street with cheap beer where bands will sometimes play. It is in contrast to the huge dance clubs that surround it.
  • Bloodstains across Somerville - [closed]
  • Brighton Elks - Late 90s venue in Brighton Center
  • Brown Town - punk house in Allston with basement shows
  • Bunnratty’s/Local 186 - Now The Wonder Bar on Harvard Ave in Allston
  • Cantone's
  • Cambridge Elks Lodge - Number one D.I.Y. venue in the greater Boston area, this hall is booked by many different individuals and holds shows nearly every weekend
  • Castle Grayskull - [closed]
  • The Channel - [closed] One of Boston's earliest locations that would allow hardcore bands to play. The Club would headline local bands such as Gang Green, Slapshot and The F.U.s as well as out of state bands like Butthole Surfers, Gorilla Biscuits, Pantera, Waltham, Fugazi, Hüsker Dü and The Dead Boys. It was well known for its mosh pit.
  • The Club - Central Square, Cambridge.
  • Club Lido
  • The Cuntree Club - All-female punk house in Brookline, MA, bar in basement and shows happened most weekends. Eventual eviction in early 2007.
  • Evacuate - 2009 DIY warehouse space in Roxbury.
  • Feed Your Head - [closed] The basement of this independent bookstore in Salem, Massachusetts is the center of the North Shore punk scene. It opened right before the Artspace closed, and the basement is generally booked about twice a week. Closed late 2007.
  • Fort Fuck Awesome - [closed]
  • Gallery East - Art Gallery by day, venue for all-ages shows in the early '80s, it was demolished during the gentrification of the leather district by South Station.
  • Great Scott
  • Green Street Station - Venue in Jamaica Plain was dirty and rickety with cheap beer and great local bands now closed.
  • The Handsome Mansion - [Closed] A basement space in Brighton, MA, near Charlie's Pizza and Bottled Liquors, it was a local spot for local bands as well as bigger bands to play.
  • Harpers Ferry
  • The House of Suffering Succotash (HOSS) - Raging house venue in Boston's Brighton neighborhood that provided a home for hardcore and way beyond. [closed]
  • The ICC (International Community Church)
  • Johnny D's
  • Karma Club - [closed]
  • The Kells Basement - on Brighton Ave in Allston
  • The Library - [closed]
  • Media Workshop - [closed]
  • The Middle East - Located in Central Square Cambridge they have two venues Middle East upstairs a smaller venue and Middle East Downstairs a larger venue.
  • The Movie Loft/Big Cat Lounge - Current basement space in Allston.
  • O'Briens Pub
  • The Paradise - not to be confused with the gay bar in Central Square (Cambridge), this venue is on Comm. Ave. in Boston, and—like Axis—is also a dance club.
  • The Rat - [closed] Located in Kenmore Square. In the basement was a rathskeller bar where the music was loud and the sweating concrete floors were always sticky and smelled of stale beer. The bathrooms were quite often frankly terrifying to those that needed to actually use them for purposes more in-depth than re-applying eyeliner (for perspective, The Rat has most often been compared to CBGBs). Many bands got their start at the Rat and it had one of the best jukeboxes in Boston. If a band did not play there they would wind up there for beers later. The club flooded in 1997 during torrential rains and was closed soon after.
  • Reflections
  • Romans (Tigers Den) - A bar in Brockton with a second floor with a stage. "so small it's like dancing in a closet"
  • The Roxy
  • Scraphouse: April 2007 - July 2007 (aka Cuntree Club) No longer !
  • St. Jean's Church -- hosted by Seth Putnam, and the venue itself later made infamous by defrocked priest Paul Shanley.
  • Thunderdome//Vomitorium somerville basement venue short lived but incredibly chaotic TWO MEN ENTER ONE MAN LEAVES TWO MEN ENTER ONE MAN LEAVES
  • T.T. The Bear's Place
  • YWCA - The basement. 1982 Freeze, COC, 6 ft Under. Skinheads showed up and the security detail left.
  • TUMC - Basement. 2335 Main Street, Tewksbury

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